Chapter 142
"Physical Exercise from Childhood" is a science and education film. It does not have much of a specific plot and it relatively realistically restores the daily life of children in kindergarten.
The sunbathing, air bathing and gymnastics parts were all pretty standard. Apart from exclaiming how adorable their babies were, the parents had no other thoughts.
It wasn't until the film reached the "water bath" part that the camera recorded the entire process of the two boys taking a bath naked.
Taxi and Pillow sat in their respective iron washtubs, and the kindergarten teacher helped them take a bath.
I don't know whether the director did it intentionally or not, but the first thing that appeared on the screen was a skinny, standard-sized pilling. The shot lasted for seven or eight seconds, and then the picture instantly switched to the next door, where a sturdy and round taxi driver was sitting in the same iron basin.
Ye Manzhi stared at the screen and sighed, "Taxi drivers really look fat when they're dressed, and even fatter when they're undressed. Look at all that fat on them! It's really a shame to see Pilling in the same frame with him, like a quail egg next to a duck egg."
Wu Zhengrong was amused by her description. "If a taxi driver heard this, he'd go on hunger strike again."
"He can only eat one meal on a hunger strike, and then he'll serve the second meal himself." Ye Manzhi leaned over and whispered, "If he really could go on a hunger strike, my third sister-in-law wouldn't have sent him to gymnastics practice."
Parents are concerned about the little kid's chubby body, while the children's focus is obviously on something else.
This type of science and education film is not as popular as serious movies. Almost all the people who came to the cinema to watch "Exercise from Childhood" on New Year's Day were parents and children from the 656 Factory Kindergarten.
When Taxi and Qiqiu stood up from the bathtub with their naked buttocks, the children's laughter immediately rang out in the theater.
"Ye Qixiang and Ye Qi'an, both naked! Hahahaha~"
I don’t think pilling is a big deal if I take a bath with my bare butt, but can I still take a bath without taking a bath with my bare butt?
But a taxi is a little bigger than a ball, and he also has a mother from the 21st century. Ever since he was sent to the Children's Palace to practice gymnastics, his mother has warned him not to take off his pants in front of little girls or run around naked in public.
He now has a sense of shame, and his chubby face turns red after being laughed at.
The lights in the auditorium were too dim, and he couldn't find the child who laughed at him first. He could only wipe his tears in his seat in frustration.
Wu Yuzhuo is very experienced in comforting little brothers. "Brother Cheche, you're not ugly naked. Third aunt said you have baby fat, but you'll lose weight in a few years."
Qiqiu also joined in the fun: "Yeah, your butt is pretty, hahahahaha~"
The taxi driver failed to catch the culprit, but there was someone nearby who was laughing at him.
So, this time, he grabbed the pilling sleeve without saying a word.
The two little brothers started fighting without any warning, with your slap on my face and my pinch on yours.
Wu Yuzhuo was sitting between the two of them and was also affected by the careless little boy.
But she often played with her two brothers, and in her mind, fighting among boys was commonplace.
They would fight every now and then.
Therefore, Comrade Wu Yuzhuo remained quite calm. He leaned back tactically, pressing his back against the seat back, and then shouted to the two people who were wrestling with each other, "Stop fighting!"
Several parents were caught off guard by the sudden chaos. Huang Li's seat was a bit far away, and when he was about to ask the fourth child's wife to help pull the child away, he heard Youyan's shouting.
She naturally thought of the classic saying "Stop fighting~"
Then, he laughed at an inappropriate moment.
Wu Zhengrong pulled the two brats apart one by one.
Faced with their uncle in military uniform, the two children were very well behaved and sat back in their chairs like quails.
*
After watching the New Year’s Day science and education film exhibition, the three little kids officially started their happy winter vacation life.
Factory kindergartens do not have winter and summer vacations, but parents are unreasonable and force their children to have winter vacations.
My fourth brother sells melon seeds at the entrance of the cinema, and the raw materials are all obtained from his hometown in the countryside.
The countryside is going to slaughter the New Year pig soon, and when he goes back to his hometown to buy supplies, he wants to take his children to see it for himself.
Wu Yuzhuo was also stuffed by his father into the group going to the countryside, and lived in the countryside with his fourth uncle and three brothers.
Ye Manzhi and Wu Zhengrong, who stayed in the city, were completely liberated and cherished their rare world of two.
I order different dishes every day when I go out to eat. After dinner, I either go to the cinema to watch a movie or go to the Youth Palace or the theater to watch a performance.
Sometimes we go ice skating together.
After having fun for several days, Ye Manzhi felt refreshed every day due to the dual relaxation of mind and body.
Xia Zhuyun is very satisfied with the mental outlook of young people and feels that she can also draw vitality from them.
Then, she helped her secretary sign up for a class to study the Chairman's works at the unit.
Let young people study more in their spare time, improve their political theory literacy, and arm their minds with the Chairman’s thoughts.
Ye Manzhi: “…”
The couple's life of playing the pipa and drinking wine turned into studying red and professional works.
Wu Zhengrong flipped open the red cover of the book and said with a smile, "This is not bad either. We look more like a revolutionary couple."
"Hey, it's rare that Youyan is not at home, I haven't enjoyed it enough!"
Ye Manzhi armed himself with theory while looking forward to the New Year.
The work of rectifying and shutting down small factories has been completely completed, and Xia Zhuyun handed the summary report she wrote to Director Luo.
Director Luo was also quite interesting. After reading the report, he did not change a single word. He signed his name at the back and formally submitted it to the Provincial People's Committee.
Ye Manzhi was not present at the time. It is said that Director Luo took the report and complained harshly to the Department of Commerce and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative to Vice Governor Wang, who was in charge of this work.
The leaders of the three units started a very unseemly quarrel.
"Director Ye, are you studying the quotations?"
Ye Manzhi looked up when he heard the voice and found that the person coming was the deputy manager of Binjiang Auto Parts Company.
She greeted him politely and said with a smile, "Manager Liu, Mr. Xia is not at home recently. I'm afraid your trip today will be in vain."
"Haha, I know." Liu Li smiled with wrinkles on his face. "Director Ye, when is the leader free?"
Ye Manzhi looked embarrassed. "Manager Liu, it's hard to say. The New Year is coming soon. Director Xia is accompanying Zhao Sheng on a visit to the grassroots level. Her schedule needs to be coordinated with the leadership."
The department is currently considering candidates for managers from several professional companies.
Anyone who has a chance of becoming a manager would go to the Industry Department under the pretext of paying their respects.
In addition to the seed players in the department, the most numerous are managers of directly affiliated enterprises like Liu Li.
Xia Zhuyun has worked in the Department of Industry for many years and naturally has a group of supporters around her.
But there are only so many positions, and the four directors and deputy directors all have their own considerations.
Xia Zhuyun is the last-ranked deputy director, and in this personnel adjustment, she can only recommend one or two people at most.
With so many people coming to express their loyalty to her, who will she choose and who will she not choose?
Recently, she accompanied Zhao Sheng to visit the grassroots to express her condolences, and this was also the time she left for herself to sort out the candidates.
She kept Ye Manzhi at home as a door god to block those who wanted to report to her on their work.
Liu Li smiled kindly and spoke sincerely, "Director Ye, no matter when Director Xia is free, please make an appointment for me. As long as the leader summons me, I will definitely be on call at any time!"
Ye Manzhi nodded and smiled as he walked the person out the door.
The cadres to be adjusted this time are all at the section chief level or above. It takes an opportunity to make the leap from section chief to deputy director, and many people cannot make it through this hurdle in their entire lives.
Many managers and factory directors have been working in the same company for more than ten years. Is it because they don’t want to make progress?
The main reason is that there is no suitable opportunity.
Now the department is going to adjust the cadres of the three directly affiliated professional companies. With so many opportunities coming at once, anyone with a little bit of ideas can't sit still.
Ye Manzhi took out a notebook and wrote Liu Li's name after the eight names.
…
Everyone thought that this personnel adjustment would be completed before the Spring Festival. However, several department heads frequently traveled and went to the grassroots level, so the matter was postponed from before the Spring Festival to after the Spring Festival.
During the Spring Festival, Ye Manzhi had her hands full. As a secretary, she not only had to accompany her boss to group gatherings and visit comrades on duty at the department and directly affiliated bureaus, but she also had to help her boss stop people from visiting the provincial capital to pay New Year's greetings and give gifts.
If she hadn't been the secretary, she wouldn't have known that the province had so many local specialties, and that gift-givers could use so many words and phrases!
During the entire Spring Festival of 1964, she and Xia Zhuyun were very busy and neither of them could spend the New Year with their families.
This busy state lasted for more than half a month.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a Lantern Festival garden party was held in People's Park.
She and Wu Zhengrong took the children to People's Park to watch the lanterns and guess lantern riddles.
Wu Yuzhuo also watched the lanterns last year and asked her father to help her guess the riddles.
Some of this year's riddles are similar to last year's.
Ye Manzhi didn't expect that the little guy still remembered the answer to last year's riddle.
One rabbit lantern has a riddle: "The people of Jinggangshan are looking forward to the Red Army."
This is a line from a Tang Dynasty poem by Wang Changling.
Wu Yuzhuo actually opened his mouth and said: "The Long March of Ten Thousand Miles has not yet returned."
Then she happily took the small rabbit lantern, hopped to the candied haws stall like a little rabbit, and bought a candied haws with the money her mother gave her to buy the lantern.
Ye Manzhi proudly exclaimed, "My daughter is awesome," and then nudged the man's waist with her elbow. "Guess who she gave the candied haws to first after buying them?"
"I'll give it to you." Wu Zhengrong was not hesitant at all.
Ye Manzhi also thought that he would give it to her, but she didn't want to discourage the man's enthusiasm, so she comforted him: "Not necessarily. You go to the kindergarten to pick up the child every day, and the father-daughter relationship is extraordinary..."
Wu Zhengrong smiled: "There is still a difference between a biological child and one born by oneself."
However, after buying the candied haws, young comrade Wu Yuzhuo ran back happily and actually handed the candied haws to his father.
"Dad, you eat first."
Before Wu Zhengrong could even feel touched, he heard his daughter say, "The candied haws are frozen too hard. Mom and I can't bite them! Can you help me bite a piece?"
Ye Manzhi laughed heartily and urged, "Captain Wu, don't hesitate, help the child bite off a piece of hawthorn..."
However, the second half of her sentence was drowned out by a loud noise.
Wu Yuzhuo couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!" and exclaimed, "Firecrackers are setting off!"
Ye Manzhi and Wu Zhengrong frowned almost at the same time and subconsciously turned towards the source of the sound.
"It doesn't sound like firecrackers." Ye Manzhi said.
"Something must have exploded." Wu Zhengrong said firmly.
The couple looked at each other.
Seeing the panic in the other person's eyes, Wu Zhengrong decisively picked up his daughter and said, "We've had enough fun today, let's go back first."
Wu Yuzhuo hadn't had enough fun yet, so he hugged his father's shoulders and begged, "Can we play for a little longer?"
"If it's any later, there won't be any buses." Wu Zhengrong held his wife's hand with one hand and his daughter in the other, and discussed with her as they walked, "We still have fireworks at home. Let's set them off in the yard when we get home."
With fireworks hanging in front of her, Wu Yuzhuo finally stopped pouting and was obediently carried out of the park by her father.
Walking out of the park gate, you can clearly see the flames rising into the sky in the distance.
Ye Manzhi looked into the distance and murmured, "That seems to be a factory area over there. Could there have been an explosion in a factory?"
"It's possible. I'll find a phone later and call the fire department first."
The fire in the distance made people feel uneasy, and many citizens who came to the garden party left early.
The family of three squeezed onto a bus heading home. The closer they got to the fire scene, the more congested the traffic became.
Because of the loud noise that had occurred before, pedestrians on the street fled in a hurry.
Of course, there were also people who went the other way and rushed into the factory where the fire broke out.
As the car passed by, Ye Manzhi saw the name on the factory gate through the window glass - Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory is a factory directly under the Department of Industry and the only food factory among all the directly affiliated enterprises of the Department of Industry.
The food industry is a light industry, which is exactly what Xia Zhuyun is in charge of.
Her heart was pounding. After discussing with Wu Zhengrong, she got off the car nearby.
She had to call Xia Zhuyun.
Wu Zhengrong took her hand and said, "Don't panic. It's hard to find a phone at this time. This place is not far from the old house. Let's go there first to make a call."
The family of three rushed to the Wu family's old house, called Xia Zhuyun, and reported the fire. Then the couple entrusted the child to Grandpa Wu and Grandma Wu, put on their military coats, and ran back to the fire scene.
Before the leader arrives, Ye Manzhi must find out the source of the fire at the food factory.
The two men entered the gate of the food factory and grabbed an old worker who had just run out to ask about the situation inside.
The man's face was covered in black ash. He spat twice before saying, "There was a fire in the canning workshop. I don't know the details, but it was quite big. Several workshops were on fire."
"Is there anyone producing in the workshop?" Ye Manzhi asked hurriedly.
"No, today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There are no shifts tonight. Except for the workers who stayed on duty, all the workers in the factory are on holiday."
Ye Manzhi felt a little relieved, at least there wouldn't be too many casualties.
"There should be a leader on duty in the factory, right? Which factory director is on duty today?" Wu Zhengrong asked.
"I think it's Deputy Director Chen?" The old worker shook his head. "I forgot who was on duty, but I didn't see the director at the scene just now. None of these directors are good..."
The old worker seemed to have found an outlet for his emotions. He stood at the factory gate and cursed loudly. Then, ignoring the gazes of others, he sat down on the snow and said, "I'm scared to death."
Ye Manzhi: “…”
The fire rescue vehicle was about to arrive and found a man who looked like a cadre constantly gathering workers on site and running into the fire scene to put out the fire. Ye Manzhi stepped forward and stopped the man.
"A second explosion could happen in the workshop at any time. It's too dangerous to let everyone go in to put out the fire now!"
"What if we don't save it? That's a newly launched production line. It's state property. How can we just watch it burn down?"
Ye Manzhi said firmly: "Human lives are at stake. If a second explosion occurs and causes more casualties, can you take responsibility?"
"Then state property was burned down. Can you take responsibility?"
"I can't be held responsible. The fire had nothing to do with me, so it's not my turn to be held responsible. But if you let so many people rush into the sea of fire and someone dies, then it's your responsibility!"
While the two sides were arguing, Wu Zhengrong snatched a loudspeaker from some cadre.
"Everyone, listen to my command! Retreat fifty meters! I repeat, no one is allowed to approach the burning factory building. Retreat fifty meters. The fire trucks are on their way. Security officers, maintain order at the scene. Employees who have spare capacity, go to the factory gate first to evacuate the crowd and ensure the fire trucks can arrive in time for rescue."
He took off his military coat, and the stars on his epaulettes spoke louder than any words.
Ordinary people have an inexplicable trust in soldiers. When they saw an officer suddenly appear and ask everyone to retreat, many people no longer blindly followed their leader's instructions and actually retreated dozens of meters.
Wu Zhengrong handed the loudspeaker to Ye Manzhi and whispered, "It's been over half an hour since the explosion, and no factory manager has appeared at the scene. I guess no one's on duty today and they've all gone home for the holidays."
Ye Manzhi nodded and held up a loudspeaker to evacuate the crowd.
The young cadre wanted to argue with Ye Manzhi before, and felt that people should be organized to go in and put out the fire.
Ye Manzhi said, "To put out a fire, you need a water source, right? You should take people to find a water source first."
As soon as she finished speaking, a muffled sound was heard from the factory building not far away, as if some equipment had exploded for the second time.
The young cadre shut up obediently and never dared to mention sending people in to put out the fire again.
If there were any casualties, he really couldn't take the responsibility.
After receiving a call from her secretary, Xia Zhuyun immediately rushed to the scene of the incident.
She lived far away, but she almost ran into the food factory with the leaders of Binjiang City, the director of the food factory, and the fire truck.
There was no factory manager on duty at the food factory today. As the only junior cadre with a say present, Ye Manzhi introduced the current situation to Xia Zhuyun and other leaders, and explained how she and Wu Zhengrong would handle the situation.
"The fire was so severe that we stopped the workers who were trying to rescue them," Ye Manzhi said. "A quarter of an hour ago, there were two explosions. The first occurred around 7:30 p.m., and we arrived at the scene at 8:05 p.m. No workers entered the fire scene after that, but I'm not sure what happened before that. A worker said the entire factory was closed for the day, and only a few people were on duty in each workshop..."
Many leaders came to the scene. She gave a detailed introduction to the situation and was no longer responsible for anything else.
The canning workshop was built separately, with four factory buildings connected together, and the fire did not spread to other food workshops.
The fire was finally brought under control around ten o'clock in the evening.
*
On February 27, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a fire not only burned down the canning workshop, causing significant national property losses, but also killed two people and injured seven.
One of the two victims was He Dali, the deputy director of the food factory.
The Binjiang Municipal Party Committee and the Industry Department set up a joint investigation team to specifically investigate the "2.27" fire accident.
The leaders of Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory were all punished and criticized because of the fire.
After experiencing a fire, Ye Manzhi was still frightened and thoroughly eliminated the fire hazards in his home.
On the other hand, after dealing with the issues at the food factory, the Department of Industry finally put personnel adjustments at several professional companies on the agenda.
In addition to the candidates for managers of the three major professional companies, namely the Provincial Sugar Industry Company, the Provincial Textile Industry Company, and the Provincial Leather Industry Company, this time we will also study and decide on the candidate for deputy director of Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory.
In the conference room on the third floor, department leaders were listening to the director of personnel introduce his personal resume and related information.
Director Luo was the first to speak. "Comrade He Dali of Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory has died. Several other factory directors have been disciplined for this incident, and morale within the factory is low. However, rebuilding the food factory is crucial, and production cannot be delayed. We need to appoint a capable and politically competent deputy director as soon as possible to assist the leadership team..."
Director Sun nodded and said, "The Party Committee of the Food Factory recommended Comrade Liu Sheng, the Head of the Supply and Marketing Section, to the Department. Comrade Liu Sheng is a cadre trained at the First Food Factory and has extensive grassroots work experience. He has served as a worker in the filling workshop, a salesperson in the Supply and Marketing Section, and then as Deputy Section Chief and Section Chief..."
The conference room was silent as everyone listened quietly to Liu Sheng's resume and deeds.
After Director Sun finished his introduction, no one spoke for nearly half a minute.
"Well, let me say a few words," Deputy Director Li said with a light cough. "I've heard of Comrade Liu Sheng. He works diligently at the food factory, but I vaguely remember that two years ago, or even the year before last, he seemed to have gotten into some trouble. Did he bribe our colleagues in the department? Am I remembering correctly?"
Director Sun said, "Two years ago, when the province was selecting provincial quality products, he gave gifts to the judges on behalf of the food factory. He later took the initiative to explain his mistake to the evaluation team and admitted his mistake. His attitude of admitting his mistake was very good. According to several colleagues at the food factory, Liu Sheng made significant progress in his political literacy and professional skills in the following year..."
Deputy Director Li shook his head and said, "It's only been less than two years since his bribery incident. I don't think it's appropriate to impose additional responsibilities on this comrade too quickly. He should have at least a two-year observation period. The First Food Factory just experienced a fire, and it's not an exaggeration to say that there's a lot of work to be done. We should appoint a comrade who can convince everyone, who is capable, decisive, and has experience working at the grassroots level. Let me recommend someone to the personnel department..."
"Comrade Zhao Guilin, the head of the Third Comprehensive Section of the Chemical and Light Industry Department, is very good. Coming from a light industry background and a university graduate, he's a young and energetic cadre, perfectly suited to taking on important tasks in times of crisis..."
He went on and on introducing Zhao Guilin's situation, but the other leaders were either drinking water or talking nonsense, and no one responded to his words.
The director of Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory is a deputy division-level cadre, and the deputy director is a section-level cadre.
Zhao Guilin is the chief of the Comprehensive Section 3 of the Chemical and Light Industry Department and has been in the position of section chief for several years.
The same section chief was transferred from a provincial department to a directly affiliated enterprise as a deputy factory director, which was equivalent to a demotion instead of a promotion.
Director Sun sorted out the information in his hands and kept weighing the pros and cons in his mind.
Although Zhao Guilin failed in his last competition for the position of deputy director, he has good abilities and no major flaws. He was completely held back by the letter of complaint from his subordinates.
It's really not necessary to let him be the deputy director of a food factory.
However, the recent situation of the food factory is indeed not very optimistic. It is reasonable if the leader wants to arrange a capable comrade to go to the food factory to carry out reconstruction work.
It’s a pity for Zhao Guilin.
Director Sun looked up and quickly glanced at Director Li and Director Xia opposite him.
Zhao Guilin is a capable person promoted by Xia Zhuyun.
Zhao Guilin was on the list recommended by the organization department this time, and he was temporarily recommended to the Provincial Leather Industry Company.
They usually recommend 2-3 candidates for each position.
Another candidate for the Provincial Leather Industry Company is Guo Kai from the Directly Affiliated Enterprise Department.
Guo Kai is an old subordinate of Director Li.
Once Zhao Guilin was assigned to be the deputy director of the First Food Factory, he would be eliminated when selecting people for the Leather Industry Company.
He glanced at Xia Zhuyun again. Zhao Guilin was her man, so Minister Xia had to speak for her own people.
Xia Zhujun put down her teacup and said casually, "Since Director Li has recommended a candidate, I'll recommend one too."
Director Sun smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking, this guy won’t follow suit and recommend Guo Kai, right?
Xia Zhujun pretended not to notice the subtle expressions on everyone's faces and said calmly, "I'd like to recommend Comrade Ye Manzhi from the office."
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